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From: jds@cs.umd.edu (James da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MINIX guys are good programmers
Summary: Good guys finish 2nd
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Date: 18 Mar 91 04:26:58 GMT
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In article <9338@star.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:
>For those of you who didn't hear the news, the ACM programming contest
>(worldwide version) was won by Stanford.  Very close behind, in second
>place, was the team from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, where I
>am located.  
> ...
>Three cheers for them all!    001,  010,  011

Hip, hip, hooray!  Congratulations!

I can verify the connection between Minix hacking and finishing 2nd in the
ACM programming contest.....  I was on the 2nd place U. of Maryland team
last year.  <twilight zone music>

I guess this means Adelaide or NoDak will place next year. :-)

Jaime
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